With Everton one of the ever-presents in the Premier League era and clearly boasting the funds to spend big as this summer showed, you would have imagined that any Championship boss would have jumped at the chance to move to Goodison Park if it was offered to them.

Despite their current position in the table, the Toffees appear to have the potential to join the division's heavyweights in time, and thus, taking the Everton job should be an ambition for most bosses in the second tier to aspire to.

And the Toffees fans should perhaps now be concerned that seeing a Championship boss - though the smart money suggests that they will be in the Premier League next year - turn down an Everton side that appeared to show all the intent in the world in the summer, may potentially be an indication of how tough a task finding their next manager may prove to be.